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> He's the world's best chess player of all time This one is hard to tell because not all of them have been alive at the same time. Morphy was really, really
by astrange 2y ago
> He's the world's best chess player of all time
This one is hard to tell because not all of them have been alive at the same time. Morphy was really, really good, but in the 1850s.
Currently there's Ivanchuk, who is good enough to beat anyone but has no stamina so can't win tournaments reliably enough to be world champion.
- epgui 2y agoThere’s no way Morphy at his peak would beat Magnus at his peak (and the same goes for any of the old champions)— The way chess is played today is very different. Morphy would have needed to start from scratch and re-learn the game today from a young age to have any chance… But then he wouldn’t be the same Morphy.
- gambiting 2y agoOr maybe Magnus wouldn't be able to cope with how Morphy plays the game and would lose. Both of them were/are used to how the game was played in their time.
- 8note 2y agomagnus likely has every game morphy ever played, along with all of his contemporaries memorized, along with at every position in each game, what a strong engine would prefer as a move. morphy would probably be an IM by todays standards, without modernizing